socialist

adj, noun — 4 senses

socialist

adjalso spelled Socialist

UK /ˈsəʊʃəlɪst/ · US /ˈsoʊ.ʃə.lɪst/

Etymology From social + -ist.

1

Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism.

  • […]it must be remembered that in a Socialist farm or manufactory, each labourer would be under the eye not of one master, but of the whole community.1848, John Stuart Mill, chapter 1, in Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy. […], volume II, London: John W[illiam] Parker, […], →OCLC:
  • I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals.1949 May, Albert Einstein, “Why Socialism?”, in Monthly Review:
1 more example
  • As an inquisitive teenager growing up in provincial eastern Germany, Katja Hoyer one day raised a question in class. How was her teacher suddenly able to switch from all those years of teaching history and politics from a triumphant socialist perspective to that of a new, western-led curriculum?2023 April 28, Frederick Studemann, “Katja Hoyer: we need to hear ‘the whole story’ about East Germany”, in Financial Times, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC:
Synonyms
socialistic
Antonyms
capitalist, capitalistic
Derived terms
48 termsantisocialist, anti-socialist, brocialist, champagne socialist, democratic socialist, eco-socialist, ecosocialist, envirosocialist, enviro-socialist, international socialist, Islamosocialist, Marxian socialist, National Socialist, national socialist, neosocialist, neo-socialist, nonsocialist, palaeosocialist, palaeo-socialist, paleosocialist, paleo-socialist, pan-socialist, postsocialist, post-socialist, presocialist, pre-socialist, prosocialist, pro-socialist, pseudosocialist, pseudo-socialist, Radical Socialist, Radical-Socialist, radical socialist, radical-socialist, Sacred Heart socialist, scientific socialist, semisocialist, socialist of the chair, socialist party, socialist realism, socialist realist, Socialist Republic of Croatia, Socialist Republic of Serbia, socie, soycialist, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, unsocialist, utopian socialist
Related terms
socialism

socialist

noun

Etymology From social + -ist.

1

One who supports or advocates socialism.

  • A contest, who can do most for the common good, is not the kind of competition which Socialists repudiate.1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy, Book II, Chapter 1:
Antonyms
capitalist, free enterpriser
Derived terms
35 termsacademic socialist, antisocialist, anti-socialist, champagne socialist, chardonnay socialist, convinced socialist, eco-socialist, ecosocialist, Gucci socialist, libertarian socialist, Marxian socialist, National Socialist, neosocialist, neo-socialist, palaeosocialist, palaeo-socialist, paleo-socialist, paleosocialist, parlor socialist, parlour socialist, postsocialist, post-socialist, pre-socialist, presocialist, prosocialist, pro-socialist, pseudosocialist, pseudo-socialist, radical socialist, Radical Socialist, Sacred Heart socialist, sewer socialist, silver-spoon socialist, smoked salmon socialist, state socialist
Related terms
capitalist, communist, Communist, Fabianist, fascist, Fascist, leftist, Leninist, Maoist, Marxist, Marxist-Leninist, rightist, Stalinist, Titoist

Socialist

adj
1

Of, belonging to, or constituting a party or political group that advocates socialism.

  • An intelligent Socialist movement will use their patriotism, instead of merely insulting it, as hitherto.1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn, Pt. III:
Synonyms
socialistic

Socialist

noun
1

A member of a party or political group that advocates socialism.

Synonyms
socialist

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